Woman allegedly stabs man during domestic argument

Melissa Ann Goodman appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court on Thursday to hear some of the evidence against her after she was arrested late Wednesday night for allegedly stabbing a man during a domestic dispute.

Goodman, 42, faces a charge of aggravated assault in connection with the alleged stabbing.

Circuit Court Judge David Laser recited information from the affidavit in the case during the hearing.

A Baxter County deputy was dispatched to a Midway residence Goodman shares with a man she described as her "husband" of 20 years for a domestic dispute. The deputy was told a man had been stabbed.

When he arrived at the couple's apartment, Goodman reportedly would not let him in. Eventually, deputy Tracy Munson was able to enter the residence.

Inside, he found a seated man who had blood soaking through his pants from a leg injury. The man reportedly told the deputy Goodman "went crazy" and began stabbing him.

Munson reportedly recovered a bloody knife he found clipped to Goodman's person. She was arrested and taken to the Baxter County jail.

In court on Thursday, Goodman told the judge her husband had come home from a long day of work and was "complaining."

"I kept telling him to shut up," Goodman told the judge.

When she was told that if she made bond, there would be an order barring her from contact with the victim, Goodman told the judge it was likely the victim would be the one to pay her bond and that "we're very much in love."

Judge Laser set Goodman's bond at $7,500 before she was taken back to the jail.